merits against / to its demerits .
他对比了优点和缺点来讨论这件事
be opposed to sth 与某事物相对立, 反对某事物
eg：She is strongly opposed to their plan.
5.progressive （1） adj. 进步的
←→ conservative a.保守的，守舊的；傳統的 n.保守的人 思想進步的市長
【课文讲解】
1.He is now retiring from political life and has gone abroad. 他现在退出了政界，到国外去了。
retiring from political life 退出了政界 go abroad travel abroad study abroad live abroad be abroad
Mr. Wentworth Lane.
Why did Patrick go to the house again and again?
Because he loved to hear the policeman say Mr. Lane was defeated.
1.election n. 选举 a general election 大选 elect v. 选举（某人）
Conclusion
1.New words 2.elector 3.ex 4.phrases 5.underline the key sentences
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On the following day, Patrick went to the house again. The same policeman was just walking slowly past the entrance, when Patrick asked the same question. Though a little suspicious this time, the policeman gave him the same answer. The day after, Patrick went to the house once more and asked exactly the same question. This time, the policeman lost his temper. 'I told you yesterday and the day before yesterday,' he shouted, 'Mr. Lane was defeated in the elections. He has retired from political life and gone to live abroad!"
3.his time, the policeman lost his temper. 这一次警察火了。 lost one’s temper 發脾氣 fly into a temper ＝ get into a temper 發 脾氣 temper （1） n. 脾氣 eg：Keep your temper ！別發脾氣 （2） n. 心情、情緒 eg ：You should apologize to him . He's
3.If the government had provided more money, the dam _____by now. A. would have been finished B. would finish C. would have finished
Who was the former Prime Minister?
自 “ 规 范 宣 传年“ 活动开 展以来 ,市惠农 政策落 实督查 组、市 民政局 和县民 政局多 次 对 我 镇 的 城乡低 保政策 落实,低 保资金 使用及 低保规 范宣传 年活动 实施情 况进行 了 专项检 查和督 查 ,对我 镇存在 的村干 部享受 低保 ,低 保对象 分类施 保不准 确 ,拆 户、 拼 户 保 障 等 问题进 行了明 确反馈 。我镇 严格按 照《县 民政局 城乡低 保工作 规范化 建 设 实 施 方 案的通 知》和 《关于 对全县 城乡低 保工作 进行督 查的通 知》文 件精神 ,
4.opponent
n. 反对者，对手
oppose v. （1） 反对、抵抗
eg：I oppose your going there alone .
我反对你去那里
（2）使对立，使对抗
oppose + sth + to ＝ oppose + sth + against
对立、对抗
eg：He considered the matter , opposing its
a mayor with progressive ideas 新主席是相當前卫的。
The new chairman is quite progressive . （2） 前進的、進行的 ←→ regressive a.退步的，退化的
6.exex-husband ex-wife ex-taxi-driver ex-manager ex-headmaster ex-boyfriend export
7.suspicious adj. 怀疑的 a suspicious glance 狐疑的目光 suspiciously [sə'spiʃəsli] adv. 猜疑地, 可疑地 suspicion （1） n. 猜疑 with suspicion 怀疑地 eg：His remarks aroused my suspicion . 他的話引起了我的懷疑。
3.defeat
（1）
பைடு நூலகம்
v. 打败
• 打敗敌人
• defeat an enemy
• 我隊以5比零擊敗對手。
• Our team defeated our opponent by 5：0.
（2） n 挫折、失敗
• 我們的棒球隊再遭失敗
• Our baseball team has suffered another defeat .
in a very bad temper .
mood n. 心情、情緒
eg：I enjoyed myself at the party . I was in a very good mood .
eg：Don’t disturb him . he’s in a very bad mood .
exercise P384
'I know,' answered Patrick, 'but I love to hear you say it!'
1. Since his retirement, he
to
live abroad.
A. has been
B. has gone
C. is gone
2. --‘I haven't seen Jack lately.’ --‘No, he _______abroad and has only just returned.’ A. has been B. has gone C. is gone
• n. 选举 • adj. 从前的 • v. 打败 • adj. 狂热的 • n. 反对者，对手 • adj. 激进的 • adj. 进步的 • adj. 怀疑的
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The former Prime Minister, Mr. Wentworth Lane, was defeated in the recent elections. He is now retiring from political life and has gone abroad. My friend, Patrick, has always been a fanatical opponent of Mr. Lane's Radical Progressive Party. After the elections, Patrick went to the former Prime Minister's house. When he asked if Mr. Lane lived there, the policeman on duty told him that since his defeat, the ex-Prime Minister had gone abroad.
2.former （1） adj. 从前的、以前的
my former English teacher
in former time/days （2）（前述两者中的）前者的、前面the former 前者 ←→ the latter 后者 eg：I prefer the former picture to the latter. formerly adv. 以前、原本 nowadays 现今，现在
对 全 镇 农 村 低保进 行了全 面整改 ,现将有 关自查 情况汇 报如下 : 提 高 认 识 ,加 强领导
为 了 扎 实 抓 好全镇 的城乡 低保规 范化建 设工作 ,我镇成 立了领 导小组 ,负责城乡低保 规 范 化 建 设 工作,并 多次召 开会议 安排部 署农村 低保规 范化管 理工作 。按照 城乡低 保 实 地 管 理 的要求 ,将城乡 低保工 作列入 重要议 事日程 范围,纳 入政府目标管理和干 部 绩 效 考 核 之中,镇 党委、 镇政府 主要领 导为城 乡低保 工作的 第一责 任人,对城乡低 保 工 作 负 总 责;包村 领导为 城乡低 保工作 的主要 负责人 ,具体 抓好所 包村的 低保政
Eg.Obama was elected (to be) President of the